Zakiya Holmes Leggett

Call for environmental justice amplification among ecology scholars and practitioners: A Black Ecology perspective

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America.

The intersections of identity and persistence for retention in ecology and environmental biology with personal narratives from Black women

Journal of Geoscience Education.

Diversifying the Field of Forestry Through a Graduate Fellowship Program: A Pilot Study on the Expectations of Students of Color

Arenas, A. A., Spence, P. L., Nilon, C. H., & Leggett, Z. H. (2022, August 20). JOURNAL OF FORESTRY, Vol. 8.

Forest floor manipulation effects on the relationship between aggregate stability and ectomycorrhizal fungi

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 505.

Readily available resources across sites and genotypes result in greater aboveground growth and reduced fine root production in Pinus taeda

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 521.

Bioenergy production effects on SOM with depth of loblolly pine forests on Paleaquults in southeastern USA

GEODERMA REGIONAL, 27.

Inclusion in citizen science: The conundrum of rebranding

Science, 372(6549), 1386–1388.

Mortality patterns following a hickory decline event - Is density reduction key to maintaining bitternut hickory?

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 485.

Catalyzing rapid discovery of gold-precipitating bacterial lineages with university students

PeerJ, 8(4), e8925.

Human Dimensions: Raising Black Excellence by Elevating Black Ecologists Through Collaboration, Celebration, and Promotion

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101(4).

Impacts on soil nitrogen availability of converting managed pine plantation into switchgrass monoculture for bioenergy

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 654, 1326–1336.

Effects of forest-based bioenergy feedstock production on shallow groundwater quality of a drained forest soil

Science of The Total Environment, 631-632, 13–22.

Impacts of forest-based bioenergy feedstock production on soil nitrogen cycling

Forest Ecology and Management, 419-420, 227–239.

Soil and Aggregate-Associated Carbon in a Young Loblolly Pine Plantation

Soil Science, 11(7), 1.

Soil CO2 efflux and root productivity in a switchgrass and loblolly pine intercropping system

Forests, 7(10).

Biofuel intercropping effects on soil carbon and microbial activity

Ecological Applications, 25(1), 140–150.

Explaining the apparent resiliency of loblolly pine plantation to organic matter removal

[E-Gen Tech. Report]. Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference, 237–243. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Impacts of switchgrass-loblolly pine intercropping on soil physical properties of a drained forest

Transactions of the ASABE, 58(6), 1573–1583.

Microbial nitrogen cycling response to forest-based bioenergy production

Ecological Applications, 25(8), 2366–2381.

Nitrogen and Carbon of Switchgrass, Loblolly Pine, and Cottonwood Biofuel Production Systems in the Southeast United States

Forest Science, 61(3), 522–534.

Removal of Organic Matter from the Forest Floor in Loblolly Pine Plantations Increased Ground-Layer Richness and Diversity 16 Years after Treatment

Forest Science, 61(3), 554–558.

Evaluating changes in switchgrass physiology, biomass, and light-use efficiency under artificial shade to estimate yields if intercropped with Pinus taeda L.

Agroforestry Systems, 88(3), 489–503.

Gas exchange and stand-level estimates of water use and gross primary productivity in an experimental pine and switchgrass intercrop forestry system on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 192, 27–40.

Switchgrass intercropping reduces soil inorganic nitrogen in a young loblolly pine plantation located in coastal North Carolina

Forest Ecology and Management, 319, 161–168.

The effect of organic matter manipulations on site productivity, soil nutrients, and soil carbon on a southern loblolly pine plantation

Forest Ecology and Management, 326, 25–35.

Debate: Can Bioenergy Be Produced in a Sustainable Manner That Protects Biodiversity and Avoids the Risk of Invaders?

Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 94(3), 277–290.

The challenge of lignocellulosic bioenergy in a water-limited world

BioScience, 63(2), 102–117.

Evaluating the impact of switchgrass intercropping in loblolly pine plantations on long-term soil productivity

Proceedings from Sun Grant National Conference: Science for Biomass Feedstock Production and Utilization. New Orleans, LA.

Evaluation of intercropped switchgrass establishment under a range of experimental site preparation treatments in a forested setting on the Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA

Biomass and Bioenergy, 46, 673–682.

Extent and distribution of sustainable intensive forest biofuel practices

Proceedings from Sun Grant National Conference: Science for Biomass Feedstock Production and Utilization. New Orleans, LA.

Loblolly Pine Age and Density Affects Switchgrass Growth and Soil Carbon in an Agroforestry System

Forest Science, 58(5), 485–496.

Water relations and productivity in an intercropped pine-switchgrass study examining biofuel production in North Carolina, USA

Proceedings from Sun Grant National Conference: Science for Biomass Feedstock Production and Utilization. Presented at the 2012 National Conference: Science for Biomass Feedstock Producation and Utilization, New Orleans, LA.

The water quality and quantity effects of biofuel operations in pine plantations of the southeastern US

In N. E. Peters, V. Krysanova, A. Lepisto, R. Prasad, M. Thomas, R. Wilby, & S. Zandarya (Eds.), Water Quality: Current Trends and Expected Climate Change Impacts (pp. 115–122). Oxfordshire, UK: IAHS Press.

Loblolly pine growth and soil nutrient stocks eight years after forest slash incorporation

Forest Ecology and Management, 257(5), 1413–1419.

Fertilization effects on carbon pools in loblolly pine plantations on two upland sites

Soil Science Society of America Journal, 70(1), 279–286.

Analyzing water soluble soil organics as trifluoroacetyl derivatives by liquid state proton nuclear magnetic resonance

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 36(19-20), 2793–2805.

Carbon storage and transport in fertilized loblolly pine (Pinus taeda, L.) plantations on upland sandy and clayey soils

(Ph.D. Dissertation.). Department of Forestry. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

Gross vs net rates of N mineralization and nitrification as indicators of functional differences between forest types

Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 33(14), 1889–1901.

Leaching loss of chemical elements from decomposing logs of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda, L.)

(Duke University Masters Project Publication). Duke University, Durham, NC.